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Linux - Distro-Junkies Unite!

#64
MIJ-VI said:
This ought to make Windows users feel more comfortable with GNU/Linux:

LinApp - Most Comprehensive Collection of Commercial Linux Applications I Have Ever Seen
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I suspect that most current and former Windows users, including me, will be perfectly happy with the free stuff. At home, I haven't paid for software in years. A lot of the software that I use is stuff that has spilled over from Linux to the Windows platform, such as WxMaxima, or stuff given away for free by commercial businesses.

For example, in electronics, most makers of components for embedded systems know that they have to give away the development tools if they want to have any hope of attracting customers for their parts. So I use MPLAB, which is free, but I buy a lot of IC's from Microchip. And everybody uses LTSpice.
 
#65
fdeck said:
I suspect that most current and former Windows users, including me, will be perfectly happy with the free stuff. At home, I haven't paid for software in years. A lot of the software that I use is stuff that has spilled over from Linux to the Windows platform, such as WxMaxima, or stuff given away for free by commercial businesses.

For example, in electronics, most makers of components for embedded systems know that they have to give away the development tools if they want to have any hope of attracting customers for their parts. So I use MPLAB, which is free, but I buy a lot of IC's from Microchip. And everybody uses LTSpice.
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I was being somewhat facetious in view of how some Windows-only users look down their noses at FOSS because they mistakenly believe that price = value.

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For 100% Ubuntu users who may be interested in trying these technical applications...

WxMaxima

"Maxima is a computer algebra system based on a 1982 version of Macsyma..."

Ubuntu Documentation > Community Documentation > wxMaxima

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MPLAB

"MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a free, integrated gcc-based toolset for the development of embedded applications employing Microchip's PIC and dsPIC microcontrollers..."

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LTSpice

"Electronics simulation software utilizes mathematical models to replicate the behaviour of an actual electronic device or circuit......While there are strictly analog [1]. electronics circuit simulators, such as LTspice,.."

Things you should know about LTSpice

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"Microsoft is afraid of Linux-bootable usb keys ( pendrives). Tux fleets of usb keys are about to boldly go where no Windows has gone before. Let's speed up this process by emphasizing educational opportunities in remote villages, multilingual experiences in international events, and diskless computers..."
 
#75
Are you thinking of buying a new PC to run Ubuntu (and/or other flavours of GNU/Linux)?

Then why roll the dice on shoehorning Ubuntu onto Windows-only hardware (not to mention putting more money into Micro$oft's pocket for an OS you don't want or need in the first place) when you can get a REAL Ubuntu box instead?

http://linuxpreloaded.com/
 
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By Joab Jackson, IDG News

"Canonical and Mandriva have both released advisories of this vulnerability, as well as updated their software to a fixed version. Red Hat has not updated this flaw, according to the company website.

Included in most Linux distributions, the GNU Wget is a program that can retrieve Web pages and other Internet files. A widely used command line tool, it is often embedded in scripts and programs for automatically downloading large numbers of Web pages, which can be useful for indexing the Web. It also works with FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Versions 1.12 and older possess a vulnerability that attackers could use to inject malicious code into the host machine running the software. As the software downloads a file, the server provides it with a file name that can be substituted with a pointer to a file with executable code, which, in turn, can overwrite an existing file or be inserted into the start-up routine..." :eek:

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"The Openwall Project is a source for various software, including Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl), a security-enhanced operating system designed for servers. Openwall patches and security extensions have been included into many major Linux distributions.

As the name implies, Openwall GNU/*/Linux draws source code and design concepts from numerous sources, most importantly to the project is its usage of the Linux kernel and parts of the GNU userland, others include the BSDs, such as OpenBSD for its OpenSSH suite and the inspiration behind its own blowfish-based crypt for password hashing, compatible with the OpenBSD implementation..."
 
#80
MIJ-VI said:
Dual-boot for a while until one OS falls by the wayside?

That's what I did with Windows XP Pro SP2 & 3 and Ubuntu 8.04.1, 9.04, and 9.10 for about a year.
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I've already been dual booting with Windows XP, I'm not really sure if the compe will handle a tri-boot.

I would abandon XP, except for the fact that it runs SPSS (soon to be on linux with 19), and some other programs (namely word/excel, but there are some others like minitab) I need for the Biology and Psychology departments here.

If I could find an OS version of excel and not spreadsheet, and if open office was a little bit easier on class documents, I could do away with xp and try, but I've yet to find a solution that didn't involve Microsoft Word/Excel.

This is more for just giving debian a shot, and seeing if I like it better or not, but I might keep ubuntu because its just about perfect now. If I wasn't such a tinkerer, I'd probably be okay with leaving things alone.
 

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